Pyrotechnic display



Aug. 23, 1932. R, C, H|TT 1,873,201

PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY Filed Nov. '13. 1931 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 i 1,873,201

'UNITE STATES rarnnr .orriicf RAY c. Hrr'r, or sEA'rmLn, wasmivron PYnoTncHNIe DISPLAY Application filed November 13,.'1931. SerialNoQ'lB This invention relates to improvements in ended tube \,an`d overlaps-a uselofa numh pyrotechnic displays and fireworks; and, Mberof' small 4l'firecrackers `8Awhich are strung more particularly, to a device designed to `together irl-sequence, the overlapping ofthe produce martial sounds generally associated fuse 7 *by the fuse f6 =occurring at 9 and l0 5 with the early spirit of 76;` to insure'theigrntionatlapluralityof points, 55

The principal object is t0 produce first a The-usetaftercontactingthefuse Tpasses piccolo effect, then the rat-tat-tat of the snare through an=opening 111 Lformed in the top 11i drum, and finally the boom of the bass drum. rof lfthe container 12jto contact 4with the yfuse The representation ci three marching iigures, 1310i alarge irecra'cker 14 secured tothe base one playing a fife or piccolo, the other two, 15 lof'tihe container 12a A reinforcinglhead so drums, and known as the spirit of 76, have member 18ct cardboardor other material is become so clearly associated With the ith of placedbeneathftlle topill and has-al1 Opening July that I have deemed it desirable to repro- 19 in alignment with the opening '11.

duce by way of a rework these musical l5i^collar 17, made of cardboard or other lsounds,` i v material, vis placed around the Vbase of the 65 Another object of the invention is to prowhistling apparatus 5 Vand ysecurediby glue duce these sounds in succession so that one or other adhesivefmaterialto the vrecrackers t blends into the other, and to have the sound i8. i n Thecollar 17 isso arranged thatatheends producing device so arranged and connected rofltheliirelcrackersfS eXtendbeyond the outer 20 that a single lighting will suffice for all of periphery of the :colla-r, the `rcollar serving 7G ,the devices. to 'act :as `a stand lfor Ythe whistling apparatus Other objects will be disclosed in the specil5 and a Sounding'board orthe firecrackers 8. iication and claims forming a part of this The-top 111 corresponds to thehead of a application. drumrandithelcontainerilQfbeing'hollow, adds In the drawing: `to the effectiveness v'o'iithe. same. 'Z5 Figurel is a top plan, partly broken away; j `)Asfactua'lly*usedjthe'.fuse 5 willfbe ignited Figure 2 is a vertical section partly in eleand the whistling noise produced `upon :the vation, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l; ignition ofthe'composition withinfthefsaine. Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on Thefu'se which passes from the whistling `t0 the line 3-3 of Figure 3; and apparatus 1:5 will lthen ignite the `fuse 7 of SG Figure 4 is a fragmentary horizontal secithesmallffirecrackers. It is to benoted that tion taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2 showing 'the fuse =6 yoverlaps the fuse -`7 at several the fuse arrangement.` points sofasto assure of the `iirecrackers 8 Referring to the drawing, in which simibeing ignited. YThese Ifirecrackers, placed lar parts are designated by like numerals: -betweentthecollar .17 and the Vtop l1 with a Numeral 5 refers to a sound producing aphollow chamber below, give the ratstatstat paratus of the whistling type. rllhis device in feiiie'ctfof fa snare drum. The fuse `6 continitself is not novel and may be of anyl one of ues to:bnrniand'finallyfignites theiirecracker V several well known constructions. As shown, iliidnthe Y.bottom `offtlre Vchamberlso that lthe 40 an open-ended tube 5 is filled with a'composi- -last'noise-confined in the chamber .gives the 32 tion, such `as potassium picrate, and packed yimpression ofa'bassdrum, and-at the same therein. When ignited, the composition time, the'force of thislexplosionwill cause burns inthe form of a series of very rapid the container to be thrown up in the air,the explosions which sound to the ear like a `whole `feiect being' very iattr'active'and unwhistle, and, as the composition burns down usual.

the tube 5 the open space within the tube 5 Having thus described my invention, what isincreased and the explosions sound like I claim is:

a whistle played ina descending chromatic l. Apyrotechnic display comprising a hola scale. A. Jfuse 6 contacts with the explosive low member having a top, means adjacent 53 composition in the lower end of the openthe top of the member for producing a plu- 100 rality of explosions, a covering over said means, said covering and hollow member` adapted to aiect the noise from the detonations.

'2. A pyrotechnic display" comprising a hollow member having a top, means adjacent 'the top of themember for producing a plurality of explosions, a covering extending in- Y termediate the outer portion of the sound producing means, said covering and hollow member adapted to aifect the nois'efronr the detonations. n Y' Y, Y

. 3. A pyrotechnic display comprising'a hollow member having` a top, a pluralityvof sound producing members arranged on said top,` ignition means connecting said 4sound producing members inseriesfa covering extending oversaid sound producing members, said covering and hollow member adaptedjto affect the noise Afrom the detonations.

4. A pyrotechnic display comprising. ahol- Alow-member having a top, a plurality of sound producing members arranged on said top,lmeans adapted to ignite saidmembers connected inl series, a1-collar extending over the said members, apparatus adapted to produce a whistling sound when ignited, supportedby saidfcollar, means adapted to ignite said structure and contacting with said first mentioned means. Y l v 5. A' pyrotechnic display comprising a hollow member having a top, a plurality of sound'producing-members arranged on said top, means adapted to ignite said members .connected-,in Vseries,va collar lextending over the said members, apparatus adapted to produce a whistling-sound when ignitedsupported by-said collar, means adapted to ig- -nite said structure and extending overhand under said first mentioned means'at a plurality. of ypoints to insure'vthefigntion of. said irst mentioned means. I Y

6,l A pyrotechnic display comprising a hollow member having a top, vaplurality of sound producing members arranged on said top, `means adapted to ignite said members connected in series, a collar extending over the said members, apparatus adapted to'pro- .duce a whistling.. sound when ignited supported by said collar, means adapted to ig- Vnite said structure and contacting withfsaid iirst mentioned means and extendingA through saidtop intosaid hollow member, an explosive soundA producing article within said hollow member, means for igniting said explosive member, said means contacting with the means extending into said hollow memr. In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

f RAY C. HITT. 

